Mount Mitchell State Park

Special Weather Statement issued July 1 at 6:55PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC

At 654 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles northeast of Downtown Asheville, near the Blue Ridge Parkway, moving southwest at 10 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Asheville, Woodfin, Weaverville, the B.R. Parkway between East Asheville and Craggy Gardens, UNC Asheville, Barnardsville, and Flat Creek.